Jan Liphardt, DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Jan Liphardt, DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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Jan Liphardt, of the Physical Biosciences Division, led research that showed how thousands of bacterial membrane proteins are able to assemble into clusters that direct cell movement to select chemicals in their environment. Not only do the results provide valuable insight into how complex periodic patterns but could also provide pointers in the fabrication of nanodevices and the development of nanoelectronic circuits.

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photo by Roy Kaltschmidt, Berkeley Lab Public Affairs

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